Vaughan v. McCarthy
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Appeal by defendant from a judgment of the district court for St. Louis county, entered in favor of plaintiff for $3,378.75 after trial before Ensign, J., and a jury.
1Opinion of the Court
START, C. J.2
Action by the plaintiff to recover two dollars per acre for negotiating a sale of 1,400 acres of land for the defendant, pur*222suant to an alleged contract for an exclusive agency for IS days, and a commission, as plaintiff claims, equal to the difference between one dollar per acre net to the defendant and the price in excess thereof for which the plaintiff might sell the land. The plaintiff claims that such contract was partly in writing and partly oral, while the defendant claims that it was in writing, and, further, that Exhibit A, attached to his answer, was the only contract…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Vaughan v. McCarthySupreme Court of Minnesota · 1894
- Jones v. SwankSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1893
- Boynton Furnace Co. v. ClarkSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1890
- Beyerstedt v. Winona Mill Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1892
- Nelson v. Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1886
3Cited by9 opinions
- Potter v. EastonSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1901
- Bartleson v. MunsonSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1908
- Nickerson v. Wells-Stone Mercantile Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1898
- Attix v. Minnesota Sandstone Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1901
- Bjornstad v. Northern States Power Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1935
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